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.TH GETPCAPS 8 "2020-08-29"
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.SH NAME
getpcaps \- display process capabilities
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR getpcaps " [optional args]"
.IR pid ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B getpcaps
displays the capabilities on the processes indicated by the
.I pid
value(s) given on the command line.
A
.I pid
of 0 displays the capabilities of the process that is running
.B getpcaps
itself.
.PP
The capabilities are displayed in
the
.BR cap_from_text (3)
format.
.PP
Optional arguments:
.TP
.BR \-\-help " or " \-\-usage
Displays usage information and exits.
.TP
.BR \-\-ugly " or " \-\-legacy
Displays output in a somewhat ugly legacy format.
.TP
.B \-\-verbose
Displays usage in a legacy-like format but not quite so ugly in modern
default terminal fonts.
.TP
.B \-\-iab
Displays IAB tuple capabilities from the process. The output format
here is the text format described in \fBcap_iab\fR(3). Double
quotes encase the regular process capabilities and square brackets
encase the IAB tuple. This format is also used by \fBcaptree\fR(8).
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Please report bugs via:
.TP
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?component=libcap&list_id=1090757
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR capsh (1),
.BR cap_from_text (3),
.BR cap_iab (3),
.BR capabilities (7),
.BR captree (8),
.BR getcap (8),
and
.BR setcap (8).
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was originally written by Robert Bihlmeyer
<robbe@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used
by others).

